Our lecture system, as mapped out for the present winter, is well calculated to meet the needs of our undergraduates, yet there is one feature of the winter lectures of past years that we would gladly see repeated. No course of lectures, Dr. Royce's lectures on Californian history, perhaps, excepted, has been received with such favor as that delivered under the auspices of the Historical Society, during the winter of 1883-84, on the campaigns and battles of the Rebellion. Great as was the interest then manifested in this subject, we feel that there exists to-day even a stronger desire for information concerning this important epoch of our history. Many causes have recently been brought to bear which tend directly towards an awakening of this spirit of inquiry. The deaths of Generals Grant and McClellan have served to bring to memory many half-forgotten events of the war period. The series of war papers in the Century have been of incalculable worth in rendering our generations more familiar with the great strife which it was not our fortune to witness. The increased interest in American history manifested by our undergraduates warrants us in the assertion that another course of lectures, similar in scope to that we have mentioned, would be extremely acceptable. We recommend the matter to the attention of the Historical Society, trusting that it may be found possible to make arrangements for the delivery of a few lectures on this subject during the coming winter months.